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In researching for my newspaper column on local history I came across an article about a psychological study conducted in 1934 at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania.

The article was of interest for several reasons. One, because the penitentiary involved is in my home territory. Another was because of the quirky nature of the some of the results reported in the study.

The examination involved some 800 inmates and was conducted by the Public Health Service under the leadership of Dr.… Continue

In case you didn't see it, Keith Rawson's Short Thoughts on Short Fiction gave my story The Enumerator three stars. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Paul:

http://www.bscreview.com/2009/09/short-thoughts-on-short-fiction-vol-10-vacation-edition/#comment-4395

'Corruption's Child,' third in the Sticks Hetrick mystery series, earned a three elephant ranking at Chris Speakman's ChrisChatReviews.

She said, in part, the series "constantly delivers a solid mystery" that leaves her guessing.

The full review is available at http://www.freewebs.com/chrischatreviews/2009corruptionchild.htm

My short story, 'Tidying Up,' is up today at A Twist of Noir, http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/

My new historical/suspense novel, Watch The Hour, was released April 15 by Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com, in both print and electronic formats.

Set in that turbulent period of the 1870s in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal region when ordinary people were caught between the railroad monopoly and oppressive economic conditions, Benjamin Franklin Yeager is torn between his duties as a coal and iron policeman and his love for an Irish girl. Watch The Hour explores the relations bet… Continue